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Our mission

The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets is the development finance institution of the Swiss Confederation. SIFEM promotes long-term, sustainable and broad-based economic growth in developing and emerging countries by providing financial support to commercially viable small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) as well as fast-growing enterprises which in turn helps to create secure and permanent jobs and reduce poverty.

Active portfolio of more than 550 companies (funds, financial institutions and their investments) 

 

Promotion and creation of more than 910,000 jobs in collaboration with partners (since 2005)

 

A total of approx. USD 1.286 billion has been invested in 155 investments to date.

 

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Close to USD 100m of new investment commitments by SIFEM in 2022

In 2022, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 95 million to seven new investments and concluded the year…

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SIFEM represented at signing ceremony of Ukrainian-focused Horizon Capital Growth Fund

On April 28, 2023, SIFEM was represented by Alvaro Borghi, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, at the signing ceremony of the…

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SIFEM FORMALIZES ITS CLIMATE APPROACH

SIFEM’s climate approach has been formalized and approved by its board of directors. It outlines the principles to tackle the urgent need for climate…

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